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Foods (ICS 67.040).

Draft MOPH Notification, B.E.., entitled " Food products Required to bear Nutrition Labelling and Guideline Daily Amounts, GDA Labelling " (3 pages, in Thai).

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the MOPH notification concerning Labelling of some kinds of ready-to-eat foods as follows: ;
1) The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 305 (B.E. 2550) entitled " Labelling of some kinds of ready-to-eat foods" and The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health entitled " Labelling of some kinds of ready-to-eat foods No. 2", shall be repealed. ;
2) Food products Required to bear Nutrition Labelling and Guideline Daily Amounts, GDA Labelling are as bellows. ;
(1) Snack foods including: ;
(1.1) Fried or baked potato chips; ;
(1.2) Fried or baked popcorns; ;
(1.3) Rice crisps or Extruded snack; ;
(1.4) Roasted or Salt roasted or Flavoured pea/nut ;
(1.5) Fried or baked or Flavoured seaweed ;
(1.6) Fried or baked or Flavoured Fish snack ;
(2) Chocolate and same kind products. ;
(3) Bakery products ;
(3.1) Crackers or biscuits; ;
(3.2) Filled wafer. ;
(3.3) Cookies ;
(3.4) Cake ;
(3.5) Pie, pastry, both with and without stuffing ;
(4) Semi – processed Foods ;
(4.1) Noodle, a sheet of rice noodle (Guay-Jub), wheat noodle, rice vermicelli and mung bean vermicelli. ;
(4.2) Kao Tom (Boiled rice) and Joke (Porridge rice) ;
(5) Chilled and Frozen Ready- to- eat meal ;
3) Labelling of Nutrition according to Item 2 shall be complied with either one of the following: ;
(1) Full Nutrition Information Format according to Clause 1.1 of Attachment No.1 of the Notification of Ministry of Public Health: Format and Provision to present nutrition facts, or ;
(2) Brief Nutrition Information Format according to Clause 1.2 of Attachment No.1 of the Notification of Ministry of Public Health Format and Provision to present nutrition facts which display only total energy, total fat, protein, total carbohydrate, sugar, sodium and cholesterol in addition if such food contains cholesterol amount more than 2 milligrams per serving. ;
In case of food intent to display nutrition claims, utilizing value to promote sale or specify consumer groups in sale promotion shall display with form of full text of nutrition facts according to Clause 1.1 of Attachment No.1: Format and Provisions of displaying of nutrition Information of the Notification of Ministry of Public Health, Re: Nutrition Label ;
(3) Labelling for nutrient contents of energy, sugar, fat and sodium salts (Guideline Daily Amounts, GDA) according to Attachment No.1 of This Notification of Ministry of Public Health ;
(4) Labelling of food according to Item 4 (1)-(5) shall display the following text: in bold and visible letters which its colour contrast with background of box and label “ consume small amount and exercise for healthy condition” ;
In case of Multi-pack and Co-pack with the whole area of label of individual unit is smaller than 65 sq.cm shall be Labelled on Co pack provision that calculation is based on amount of individual unit. ;
4) This notification is not enforced to: Foods in which producers sell directly to consumers ;
5) The transitional period for compliance with the new provisions is 180 days. ;

Consumer and environment protection.

1) The MOPH Notification) (2007 No. 305 (B.E. 2550) entitled " Labelling of some kinds of ready-to-eat foods " ;
(2) The MOPH Notification entitled " Labelling of some kinds of ready-to-eat foods No. 2" (available in Thai). ;

National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS) ;
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao ;
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 ;
Thailand ;
Tel.: +(662) 561 4024 ;
Fax: +(662) 561 4034, (662) 561 4088 ;
E-mail: sps@acfs.go.th ;
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th ;
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